Meat-cutter.



No. 723,952. PATENTED MAR.'31, 1903.

H. G. VOIGET. MEAT CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED saw. a, 1902. no MODEL. 2 snnmwsngm 1.

M '%V 4if/f JJWZUM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY G. VOIGHT, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE RUSSELL AND ERWIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN,

CONNECTICUT.

M EAT-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 723,952, dated March 31, 1903.

Application filed September 6, 1902. Serial No. 122,397. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, HENRY G. VOIGHT, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Meat-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in meat-cutters; and the objects of myimprovements are simplicity and economy of construction and efliciency and convenience in use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my meat-cutter. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the case on the line at a: of Fig. 1 with the stationary knife in place thereon. Fig. 3 is an end view of the forcer. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of my meatcutter, one part of the case being removed, the standardbroken off from the other part, the knives, adjusting-nut, and a sm'all portion of the forcer being shown in vertical section. Fig. 5 is an elevation showing the interior of that part of the case which is removed from Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a broken plan view of the delivery end of the case without the stationary knife. V v

As shown in the drawings, the case is di vided longitudinally and vertically; but some of my improvements are applicable to a solid or undivided case. 4

A designates the main part of the case, having formed integral therewith any desired form of supporting-standard B, and C designates the companion part of the case. The delivery end of the case when the two parts are together is in the form of a plain cylinder, with projecting pins 7 on each side, as best shown in Fig.6. The crank end of both parts of the case is provided with a semi-annular flange 8, Figs. 4 and 5. The opening through the case is substantially the same as'the diameter of the forcer 9. The two parts of the case are interiorly ribbed in any ordinary manner and provided with the usual hopper 10. The under face of the main part A of the case is provided with an overlapping flange 11 for the lower edge of the companion part C to fit and rest upon, and suitable interlocking lugs and recesses 12 and 13 are arranged in the confronting edges of the two ister with each other, the said lugs and re= I cesses, as shown, being located at the cylindrical end of the case, Figs. 4, 5, and 6, and in the hopper, Figs. 4 and 5.

The forcer 9 may have its body portion in any ordinary form. At the crank end there is a closure-flange 14, having on its inner face an annular groove 15 to receive the two semiannular flanges of the case. The delivery end of the forcer is provided with the usual journal portion 16, angular knife-driving portion 17., and threaded portion 18 for the hold ing and adjusting nut 19. The end of the forcer-body is also properly finished to bear on the inner face of the stationary knife 20, so as to form wiping or cutting teeth 20, Fig. 3. As shown, I have omitted the extra threads or webs which are sometimes employed near the delivery end of the forcer-body.

The stationary knife 20 in its construction and application is a novel feature of my invention. It may be made of plate-steel struck up into its cup-shaped form. It has the usual central opening to receive the journal portion 16 of the forcer and any desired form of perforations or openings, the edges of which, in connection with the rotating teeth 21 and 22, do the cutting. This rotating knife may be ofany ordinary form. The knife 20 is provided with a cylindrical flange 23, that fits over the cylindrical delivery end of the case, the said flange being provided with L- shaped or bayonet-joint slots 24 for engaging the pins 7 on the case. These pins and slots should be so related to each other and the case as to draw the inner face of the knife 20 closely up against the end of the case, as shown in Fig. 4, and the length of the body of the forcer 9 should be 'a little in excess of the length of the case, so that all of the endwise thrusts of the forcer will be received on the stationary knife, thereby leaving the cutters free to be properly adjusted by the adj usting-nut. Any ordinary form of crank 25 can be applied in any ordinary manner to the crank end of the forcer.

To assemble the parts, the lower edge of with the lugs and recesses 12 and 13 engaging each other, as shown in Fig. 6. The stationary knife 20 and the forcer 9 are next put in place, when the flange 23 of the knife 20 holds the two parts of the case firmly together at the delivery end, and the closure-flange 14: of the forcer, with its annular groove receiving the semi-aminlar flanges of the two parts of the case, holds the case together at the crank end, thus avoiding the use of hinges and of latches for assembling and holding the divided case.

The construction of the knife with its cy lindrical flange 23 for being secured to the cylindrical delivery end of the case enables me to construct the said knife of struck-up sheet metal and to apply it directly to said delivery end of the case, so as to tightly close and wholly cover the said end.

I claim as my improvement 1. A meat-cutter having a two-part case with registeringlugs and recesses on their confronting faces, in combination with the stationary knife having the flange for embracing the two parts of the case at one end, and

the forcer having a grooved closure-flange for embracing the opposite ends of the said parts, substantially as described.

2. In a meat-cutter, a two-part case with registering lugs and recesses on their confronting faces, in combination with the sta' tionary knife having the-flange for embracing the two parts of the case at one end, the forcer having a closure-flange at the opposite end, and means for holding the two parts together at that end, substan tially as described.

3. Ina meat-cutter, a two-part case with registering lugs and recesses on their confronting faces, in combination with the forcer having a grooved closure-flange with an annnlar groove on that side of the said flange that faces the body of the forcer and into which groove one end of the two-part case is received and held, and devices for securing together the opposite end of the said two-.part case, substantially as described.

HENRY G. VOIGIIT.

tVitnesses:

M. S. WIARD, W. E. WIGHTMAN. 

